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MAKING  BOY  POWER 
COUNT 


U.  S.  BOYS’  WORKING  RESERVE 
U.  S.  EMPLOYMENT  SERVICE 
DEPARTMENT  OF  LABOR 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


THE  UNITED  STATES  BOYS’  WORKING 
RESERVE 


America  must  waste  nothing ! 

Millions  of  our  American  soldiers  have  taught  a lesson  in 
democracy  and  civilization  to  the  vanquished  Huns  “ over 
there.”  With  the  millions  of  gallant  Frenchmen  and  Englishmen 
and  Italians  they  have  finally  won  the  long,  terrible  conflict. 
Thousands  of  the  women,  children,  and  old  men  in  the  areas 
of  France  and  Belgium,  freed  at  last  from  the  grim  clutch  of  the 
Huns,  are  endeavoring  to  rebuild  their  charred  and  shattered 
homes.  America  must  now  take  the  responsibility  of  feeding 
them.  This  vast  task  demands  the  full  use  of  all  our  resources 
and  all  our  energy  for  some  years  to  come.  America  must  her- 
self produce  more  than  ever  before  in  her  history.  America  her- 
self must  waste  nothing. 

We  must  conserve  our  coal  for  the  hundred  needs  of  peace. 
Our  timberlands  and  mines  must  be  guarded  closely  against 
any  waste.  Mr.  Hoover  is  directing  our  steady  thrift  in  the  con- 
sumption of  food.  Our  manhood  is  on  guard  to  maintain  the  just 
victory  it  has  won.  But  America  must  also  make  full  use  of 
her  boys  over  16  years  of  age.  While  we  save  all  our  commodi- 
ties so  carefully,  we  must  not  waste  our  youth. 

This  employment  by  the  United  States  of  its  youth  to  prevent 
starvation  and  anarchy  and  insure  orderly  free  government  in 
Europe  involves  a heavy  responsibility.  For  the  sake  of  our 
national  future  the  education  of  our  boyhood  must  not  be  cur- 
tailed nor  its  patriotic  labor  exploited.  Yet  so  great  is  the 
shortage  of  foodstuffs,  that  American  boys  should  of  right  be 
used  on  our  farms  in  their  summer  vacations  from  school,  and 
thus,  without  interfering  in  any  way  with  the  boys’  education, 
procure  the  increased  production  of  food  so  urgently  needed  by 
the  victorious  democracies  of  the  world.  To  accomplish  this 
double  purpose  the  United  States  Government  has  organized  the 
United  States  Boys’  Working  Reserve. 


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to  endure  aching  limbs  and  sore  muscles  in  field  and  factory, 
he  will  be  happy  in  the  consciousness  that  he  has  had  a real 
part  in  insuring  the  success  of  democratic  government  all  over 
the  world.  His  Reserve  Badge  of  Honor  granted  to  him  by  the 
United  States  for  his  patriotic  efforts  during  the  emergencies  of 
war  has  now  become  a token  of  his  devotion  to  the  greater  cause 
of  humanity. 

TO  THE  PARENTS 

Fathers  and  mothers  of  the  Nation  should  see  to  it  that  their 
sons  are  members  of  the  Reserve.  The  Reserve  is  entirely  volun- 
tary and  a boy  may  be  withdrawn  from  membership  at  the  dis- 
cretion of  the  parent.  If  a boy  is  in  school  he  will  not  be  taken 
from  his  studies,  but  will  be  encouraged  to  utilize  his  vacation 
and  spare  time  in  training  for  productive  activities.  It  is  the 
duty  of  the  parents  to  see  that  their  sons  join  the  Reserve,  a duty 
which  is  not  only  patriotic  in  the  narrow  sense  of  strengthening 
the  power  of  the  United  States  of  America,  but  patriotic  in  the 
sense  of  directly  supporting  free  and  just  governments  all  over 
war-weary  Europe. 

TO  THE  EMPLOYER 

The  Reserve  has  proved  conclusively  that,  even  though  inex- 
perienced, the  strong,  healthy  boy,  inspired  by  patriotism,  is 
a capable  and  adaptable  helper  in  the  field  and  factory.  Every 
employer  should  remember,  however,  the  limitations  of  youth. 
The  Reserve  has  been  firm  in  upholding  child-labor  laws  and  in 
contending  for  reasonable  hours  of  toil.  The  Reserve  recom- 
mends supervision  of  boy  laborers  and  frequent  inspection  of 
working  conditions.  The  boy  of  to-day  is  the  man  of  to-morrow, 
and  the  future  of  the  Nation  depends  upon  the  moral  and 
physical  welfare  of  its  boys. 

TOIL  TO  MAINTAIN  FREEDOM 

Young  men,  are  you  standing  behind  your  obligations  as 
Americans?  Are  you  personally  helping  to  build  anew  upon 
the  charred  ruins  of  civilization  a better  and  freer  world? 

Fathers  and  mothers,  are  you  guiding  your  sons  into  the 
paths  of  greatest  usefulness  to  humanity? 

Employers,  are  you  making  the  greatest  possible  use  of  the 
United  States  Boys’  Working  Reserve  to  feed  the  starving  mil- 
lions in  Europe  and  Asia  Minor? 

Young  men  of  America,  join  the  Reserve.  Parents  of  America, 
indorse  the  Reserve.  Employers  of  America,  use  the  Reserve. 

William  E.  Hall, 

National  Director. 


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THE  UNITED  STATES  BOYS’  WORKING 
RESERVE 

America  must  waste  notliing ! 

Millions  of  our  American  soldiers  have  taught  a lesson  in 
democracy  and  civilization  to  the  vanquished  Huns  “ over 
there.”  With  the  millions  of  gallant  Frenchmen  and  Englishmen 
and  Italians  they  have  finally  won  the  long,  terrible  conflict. 
Thousands  of  the  women,  children,  and  old  men  in  the  areas 
of  France  and  Belgium,  freed  at  last  from  the  grim  clutch  of  the 
Huns,  are  endeavoring  to  rebuild  their  charred  and  shattered 
homes.  America  must  now  take  the  responsibility  of  feeding 
them.  This  vast  task  demands  the  full  use  of  all  our  resources 
and  all  our  energy  for  some  years  to  come.  America  must  her- 
self produce  more  than  ever  before  in  her  history.  America  her- 
self must  waste  nothing. 

We  must  conserve  our  coal  for  the  hundred  needs  of  peace. 
Our  timberlands  and  mines  must  be  guarded  closely  against 
any  waste.  Mr.  Hoover  is  directing  our  steady  thrift  in  the  con- 
sumption of  food.  Our  manhood  is  on  guard  to  maintain  the  just 
victory  it  has  won.  But  America  must  also  make  full  use  of 
her  boys  over  16  years  of  age.  While  we  save  all  our  commodi- 
ties so  carefully,  we  must  not  waste  our  youth. 

This  employment  by  the  United  States  of  its  youth  to  prevent 
starvation  and  anarchy  and  insure  orderly  free  government  in 
Europe  involves  a heavy  responsibility.  For  the  sake  of  our 
national  future  the  education  of  our  boyhood  must  not  be  cur- 
tailed nor  its  patriotic  labor  exploited.  Yet  so  great  is  the 
shortage  of  foodstuffs,  that  American  boys  should  of  right  be 
used  on  our  farms  in  their  summer  vacations  from  school,  and 
thus,  without  interfering  in  any  way  with  the  boys’  education, 
procure  the  increased  production  of  food  so  urgently  needed  by 
the  victorious  democracies  of  the  world.  To  accomplish  this 
double  purpose  the  United  States  Government  has  organized  the 
United  States  Boys’  Working  Reserve. 


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WHAT  THE  RESERVE  IS 


WHAT  THE  B.  W.  R.  HAS  DONE. 


THE  CALL  TO  YOUTH 


OUR  DEBT  TO  EUROPE 


WAR  is  over ! 

Everywhere  the  free  peoples  of  the  world  have  shown  . 
their  joy  at  the  final  coming  of  peace.  A great  era  of  freedom  i 
and  justice  lies  before  the  world  as  a reward  for  the  long 
years  of  suffering  and  sacrifice. 

Yet  freedom  has  not  yet  been  won.  Liberty,  although  vie-  ' 
torious  on  the  battle  field,  has  not  yet  been  firmly  established. 
Democracy  faces  its  last  foe — famine. 

America  is  more  fortunate  than  those  of  her  gallant  allies 
whose  farm  lands  have  been  ravaged  by  war.  Only  America 
can  feed  the  world,  now  that  peace  is  come. 

What  America  has  suffered  in  the  great  war  is  very  little 
beside  what  Belgium  and  France  and  England  have  suffered. 
They  saved  our  civilization  from  the  Huns  for  four  bitter  years. 
With  the  coming  of  peace  their  manhood  is  decimated,  their 
farms  are  bare,  and  their  old  men,  their  wounded,  their  women 
and  children  are  hungry.  They  look  to  us  to  save  them  from 
famine. 

President  Wilson  said  that  the  United  States  entered  this 
war  “ to  make  the  world  safe  for  democracy.”  We  stood  behind 
that  pledge  in  1917  and  we  stand  behind  it  now.  The  United 
States  will  see  that  the  greatest  possible  amount  of  food  she 
can  raise  shall  be  sent  abroad  to  feed  the  other  free  peoples  of 
Europe — our  brothers-in-arms.  In  addition,  many  peoples  in 
Europe  who  for  centuries  have  been  enslaved  have  at  last  been 
given  their  freedom.  These  newly  liberated  races  are  striving 
to  establish  orderly  governments,  but  hunger  is  no  friend  of  order. 
Hunger  is  the  mother  of  anarchy  and  revolt.  If  Russia,  Ger- 
many, and  Austria  are  ever  to  reenter  the  list  of  civilized,  free 
nations  they  must  have  food. 

It  is  for  this  great  purpose  of  increasing  our  food  supply  and 
thus  helping  to  establish  orderly,  free  governments  everywhere 
in  the  world  that  the  United  States  Boys’  Working  Reserve 
will  devote  its  utmost  efforts  in  1919. 

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WHAT  THE  NATION’S  LEADERS  SAY 


“ I sincerely  hope  that  the  young  men  of  the  country,  of  16 
years  and  over,  not  now  permanently  employed,  and  especially 
the  boys  in  our  high  schools,  will  enter  heartily  into  this  work 
and  join  the  Boys’  Working  Reserve  in  order  that  they  may 
have  the  privilege,  for  such  I believe  it  to  be,  of  spending  their 
spare  time  in  a productive  enterprise.” — ^President  Wilson. 


“ It  was  because  we  felt  there  was  a tremendous  man  power 
that  could  be  organized  and  utilized  in  the  form  of  the  boys 
from  16  years  and  upwards  that  we  undertook  the  organization 
of  the  Boys’  Working  Reserve.” — Secretary  of  Labor  W.  B. 
Wilson. 


“ The  United  States’  Boys’  Working  Reserve  must  be  the  dom- 
inant organization  in  the  effort  to  mobilize  the  working  boys  of 
the  United  States.” — Herbert  C.  Hoover,  National  Food  Ad- 
ministrator. 


” The  achievements  of  the  Boys’  Working  Reserve  are  beyond 
praise.  The  American  Expeditionary  Forces  thank  one  and  all 
for  the  support  which  you  are  giving  us.” — Gen.  John  J. 
Pershing. 


“ The  National  Grange  is  unqualifiedly  behind  the  United 
States’  Boys’  Working  Reserve.  The  Reserve  is  a wonderful 
school  for  the  boy,  and  a wonderful  help  for  the  farmer.” — 
Oliver  Wilson,  Master  of  the  National  Grange. 


“ The  Boys’  Working  Reserve  has  an  obligation  to  keep  the  boy 
in  school.  . . . The  hope  of  humanity  will  be  found  in  the 
consecration  and  education  of  the  youth  of  the  United  States.” — 
George  S.  Strayer,  President  of  National  Educational  Asso- 
ciation. 


“We  must  not  waste  our  National  boyhood.” — ^William  E. 
Hall,  National  Director,  B.  W.  R. 


“ I hope  you  may  be  able  to  enlist  in  the  Boys’  Working  Re- 
serve many  tnousands  of  boys  from  city  and  town.” — P.  P. 
Claxton,  United  States  Commissioner  of  Education. 


“Any  man  or  boy  who  helps  to  grow  or  harvest  a crop  is 
helping  the  United  States  in  its  big  job  of  feeding  the  world.” — 
George  Ade,  aut'ior. 


“ I wish  to  express  my  hearty  and  unreserved  support  of  the 
Boys’  Working  Reserve  and  to  include  boys  between  the  ages 
of  16  and  21  who  ordinarily  would  not  be  in  productive  labor, 
and  who  can  be  turned  into  workers  on  the  farm.  The  farmer 
has  been  prompt  to  recognize  that  the  strong  healthy  boy  is  a 
tremendous  help  at  this  time.  One  of  the  great  benefits  con- 
ferred is  that  of  making  the  boy  realize  that  he  is  a part  of 
Uncle  Sam’s  team,  and  that  he  is  doing  his  share  in  this  great 
war  and  that  he  holds  his  services  in  trust  for  the  Nation.” — 
Theodore  Roosevelt. 


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WHAT  THE  NATION’S  LEADERS  SAY 


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FEDERAL  STATE  DIRECTORS  OF  331.3470973- 
THE  U.  S.  BOYS’  WORKING 


FEDERAL  STATE  DIRECTORS  OF 
THE  U.  S.  ROYS’  WORKING 
RESERVE. 


ALABAMA. 


ARKANSAS 

CALIFORNIA 

COLORADO 

CONNECTICUT 

DELAWARE 

DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA. 

FLORIDA 

GEORGIA 

IDAHO 

ILLINOIS - 

INDIANA 

IOWA 

KANSAS 

KENTUCKY- 

LOUISIANA 

MAINE 

MARYLAND 

MASSACHUSETTS 

MICHIGAN 

MINNESOTA 

MISSISSIPPI 

MISSOURI 

MONTANA 

NEBRASKA 

NEW  HAMPSHIRE 

NEW  JERSEY 

NEW  MEXICO 

NEW  YORK 

NEVADA 

NORTH  CAROLINA 

NORTH  DAKOTA 

OHIO 

OKLAHOMA 

OREGON 

PENNSYLVANIA 

RHODE  ISLAND 

SOUTH  DAKOTA 

SOUTH  CAROLINA 

TENNESSEE 

TEXAS 

UTAH . 

VERMONT 

VIRGINIA 

WASHINGTON 

WEST  VIRGINIA 

WISCONSIN 

WYOMING 

HAWAII 


— W.  Nash  Head,  Hazel  Hedge,  Mont- 

gomery. 

— R.  E.  Robertson,  Juneau. 

— Lindley  B.  Orme,  Phoenix. 

__-W.  J.  Jernigan,  Little  Rock. 

— 'B.  H.  Crocheron,  University  of  Cali- 
fornia. 

— Hon.  E.  C.  Stimson,  Berkeley. 

— -W.  D.  Hood,  State  Capitol,  Hartford. 

- — Charles  Warner,  Old  Federal  Building, 
Wilmington. 

- — Robert  C.  Howard,  Wilkins  Building, 
Washington. 

— Courtland  Buckman,  Jacksonville. 

— .Joseph  T.  Derry,  State  Capitol,  Atlanta. 

— -Harvey  Allred,  Director  Farm  Markets, 
Boise. 

— .Burridge  D.  Butler,  120  West  Adams 
Street,  Chicago. 

— -Isaac  D.  Straus,  82  Statehouse.  In- 
dianapolis. 

— -R.  E.  Bliss,  Iowa  State  College,  Ames. 

— .Hon.  Charles  W.  Green,  Topeka. 

— Philo  C.  Dix,  345  Association  Building, 

Louisville. 

—Hon.  T.  H.  Harris,  Baton  Rouge. 

—Jefferson  C.  Smith,  70  Statehouse,  Au- 
gusta. 

. — Clinton  L.  Riggs,  McCoy  Hall,  Balti- 
more. 

— I Stephen  R.  Dow,  160  Statehouse,  Bos- 
ton. 

— H.  S.  Earle,  922  Ford  Building,  Detroit. 

Hon.  Thomas  D.  O’Brien,  St.  Paul. 

— J.  T.  Calhoun,  Jackson. 

— Uel  W.  Lamkin,  State  Superintendent 
of  Schools,  Jefferson  City. 

— Jj.  R.  Foote,  Deputy  State  Superin- 
tendent of  Public  Instruction,  Helena. 

.Leonard  W.  Trester,  Farnam  Building, 

Omaha. 

—George  H.  Whitcher,  Assistant  Superin- 
tendent of  Education,  Concord. 

.Wesley  A.  O’Leary,  Assistant  Commis- 
sioner of  Education,  Trenton. 

J.  H.  Wagner,  Superintendent  of  Public 

Instruction,  Santa  Fe. 


Brewster  Adams,  202  Nixon  Building, 

Reno. 

-_.J.  M.  Johnson,  West  Raleigh. 

—.William  L.  Van  Horn,  Fargo. 

C.  H.  Mayhugh,  Statehouse,  Columbus. 

A.  L.  Farmer,  Tulsa. 

J.  W.  Brewer,  704  Oregon  Building, 

Portland. 

L.  H.  Dennis,  60  Union  Trust  Build- 
ing, Harrisburg. 

.Edwin  A.  Burlingame,  State  Council 

Defense,  Providence. 

_..Paul  J.  Scarbro,  Brookings. 

S.  H.  Edmunds,  Superintendent  of 

Schools,  Sumter. 

.^Albert  Williams,  jr..  State  Capitol, 
Nashville. 

— -H.  H.  Williamson,  College  Station. 

—.J.  Challen  Smith,  202  Newhouse  Build- 
ing, Salt  Lake  City. 

— .Rollo  G.  Reynolds,  Superintendent  Vail 
Agricultural  School,  Lyndonville. 

_-T.  D.  Eason,  Presbyterian  Publications 
Building,  Richmond. 

--Robert  Moran,  4037  Arcade  Building, 
Seattle. 

—.Charles  H.  Winkler,  Morgantown. 

__.H.  N.  Goddard,  State  Capitol,  Madison. 

—Edward  P.  Taylor,  Cheyenne. 

W.  R.  Farrington,  125  Merchant  Street, 

Honolulu, 


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